Math Vocabulary for Middle School

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multiplication

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Product

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Horizontal Axis

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x-axis

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Word meaning addition.

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Sum

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The distance a number is away from zero.

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Absolute value

Front

A number, variable, product, or quotient in an expression or equation.

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Term

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A symbol for an unknown value.

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Variable

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In an ordered pair, the value that is always written first.

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x-coordinate

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The set of whole numbers and their opposites.

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Integers

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Two ratios, or fractions, that are equal.

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Proportions

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The average of all the numbers in a data set.

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Mean